Study protocol: The Childhood to Adolescence Transition Study (CATS)

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mundy, Lisa K ^a,b   Simmons, Julian G ^c   Allen, Nicholas B ^c   Viner, Russell M ^d   Bayer, Jordana K ^a,e   Olds, Timothy ^f   Williams, Jo ^a,b,g,h   Olsson, Craig ^a,b,g   Romaniuk, Helena ^a,h,i   Mensah, Fiona ^a,h,i   Sawyer, Susan M ^a,b,h   Degenhardt, Louisa ^j,k   Alati, Rosa ^l   Wake, Melissa ^a,h,i   Jacka, Felice ^g   Patton, George C ^a,b,h  

^a MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^g DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

ⁱ ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^l UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Adolescent; Adrenarche; Cohort studies; Epidemiology; Gonadarche; Hormones; Protocol; Puberty; Public health

Indexed keywords

PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADRENARCHE; ADULTHOOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBERTY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADRENARCHE; ANTHROPOMETRY; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SALIVA; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84884990768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-160     Document Type: Article

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